news bulletin

Urgent broadcast update

A news bulletin is a brief broadcast or announcement reporting breaking or urgent news, typically interrupting regular programming: We interrupt this broadcast for a news bulletin.

The term emphasizes timeliness and concision—bulletins deliver essential facts quickly, with fuller coverage to follow.

Related

journalism · radio · wire · alert · scripting · broadcast · dispatch · press release · fact-checking · talk show · interruption · ticker · story · anchor · top story · emergency response · editing · update

Categories
Opposites
timeliness/currency

news bulletinold news

Outdated information

archival footage · historical documentary · retrospective · time capsule · feature story

brevity/format

news bulletindocumentary

Factual film about reality

investigative report · extended coverage · deep dive · miniseries

factual vs. creative content

news bulletinnarrative fiction

Invented prose with plot

fiction · fantasy · fabrication · drama · soap opera

Family

news, newspaper, bulletin, newspapers, newsletter, newsworthy, newscaster, newscast, newsroom

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G